Harris Edward Rogner

Military
Black and white posed headshot of man wearing a uniform of a jacket, shirt, and tie. There are silver wings on the upper left-side of the jacket. There are aviation insignia pins on the jacket lapels, and an eagle on the shoulder lapels. Subject is looking right in lens and is not smiling UPL 60262 UPL 60262 Col. Harris E. Rogner, 457th BG

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Object Number - UPL 60262 - Col. Harris E. Rogner, 457th BG

Assigned to 303BG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 401BG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 457BG, 8AF USAAF.



Awards: LOM, DFC (5OLC), AM (3OLC), Croix de Guerre (Palm Leaf), WWII Victory, EAME, Korean and UN Medal.



Post war: Remained in USAF serving in Korean conflict, killed in B-29 landing accident Dec-51.

Connections

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
Unofficial emblem of the 457th Bomb Group.

457th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

41-9107

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The 401st Hack, Agony Wagon, Gravy Train
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 401st Bomb Group 91st Bomb Group 97th Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron 613th Bomb Squadron

42-31486

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron

Places

The mission board of the 457th Bomb Group. Official caption printed on image: '(GM-299-2-457)(16/5/45)(Op's Board's).'

Glatton

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Connington

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Butler County, Pennsylvania 15 August 1914 Son of H E and Mary A Rogner.Butler County, Pennsylvania

Died

Barksdale Air Force Base, Bossier Parish, Louisiana 18 December 1951 B-29 crashed on landing, short of the runway. Barksdale Air Force Base, LA.

Buried

United States Military Academy Post Cemetery West Point, Orange County, New York 21 December 1951 United States Military Academy Post CemeteryWest Point,Orange County, NYSection IX, Site 42

Other

Academy education

Class of '38' West Point MA.

Based

Transferred to 457BG, 8AF USAAF.

Based

Transferred to 401BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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Sources

http://401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=3206

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45442386/harris_edward-rogner

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/133433256?objectPage=14

 

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Contributoracbernstein1
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Sources

https://457thbombgroupassoc.org/officers-and-enlisted-men-portraits/

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https://www.fold3.com/image/113111813
https://www.fold3.com/image/113112205?rec=113112229
https://www.fold3.com/image/312121629?rec=303549301
http://401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=3206
https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/98727
B-29 Superfortress Units of the Korean War By Robert F Dorr
https://airforce.togetherweserved.com/usaf/servlet/tws.webapp.WebApp?cm…
https://eu.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/local/2014/12/28/history-dece…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45442386/harris-edward-rogner

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Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
Changes
Sources

Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- 1993 457th BGA Roster;
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia.

Date
ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=3206

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Black and white posed headshot of man wearing a uniform of a jacket, shirt, and tie. There are silver wings on the upper left-side of the jacket. There are aviation insignia pins on the jacket lapels, and an eagle on the shoulder lapels. Subject is looking right in lens and is not smiling

Object number: UPL 60262 - Col. Harris E. Rogner, 457th BG